Can Tho (VNA) – As m🦹any🏅 as 98 percent of businesses in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho make online tax declarations and use the e-tax payment system, Vo Kim Hoang, head of the provincial Tax Department reported on July 1.
In 2015, nearly 1,900 local enterprises registered to contact the department through email, while 71 percent of businesses showed their pleasure with the department’s services, said Hoang.
This has contributed to the administrative reform of the tax sector and the modernisation of its operation, he added.
Over the past time, the department has organised a number of dialogues with tax payers to solve obstacles facing them during the payment.
According to the department, in the first five months of this year, it collected over 3.12 trillion VND (140.4 million USD) of taxes, with Binh Thuy district leading the work by gathering 62.94 percent of the yearly estimate, a rise of 37.84 percent over the same period last year.
On July 1, the department also honoured 548 good tax payers.-VNA
A workshop on improving business environment via reforming tax policy was held in Hanoi on June 21, but few enterprises attended to present their opinions.
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Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien acknowledged that despite concerted efforts by ministries and local authorities in combating fake and substandard goods, the situation remains highly complicated, attributing the persistent challenges to high profits luring numerous participants, increasingly sophisticated violations, limited resources within enforcement agencies.
The group also placed among the Top 5 energy companies in Southeast Asia and secured the top spot among the largest Vietnamese enterprises featured on the list.
The zone will cover 1,881 ha, comprising functional areas for production, logistics, trade and services, digital technology industry, information technology, and innovation.
Dung underlined several key objectives, including a comprehensive review of the legal framework governing SOEs, and called for updates that reflect international standards and support modern, transparent governance.
Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
